Dansk
Kostaki, Maria
(forfatter)
Pieces e-bog
88,83 DKK
When her mother, Anna, abandons her to move abroad with her new husband, Sasha is passed around her three grandparents in Cold War-era Moscow, attending first grade with a Lenin star pinned to her breast. Five years later, Anna and her husband reappear and whisk Sasha off to a "e;better life"e; in Athens, Greece. But they are not the gallant rescuers they first appear to be, and Sasha soo…
When her mother, Anna, abandons her to move abroad with her new husband, Sasha is passed around her three grandparents in Cold War-era Moscow, attending first grade with a Lenin star pinned to her breast. Five years later, Anna and her husband reappear and whisk Sasha off to a "e;better life"e; in Athens, Greece. But they are not the gallant rescuers they first appear to be, and Sasha soon finds herself caught between a violent stepfather and a psychologically abusive mother. In her struggle to survive in her new world, Sasha turns to a world of invisible friends-even as she continues to long for something real. At turns haunting and uplifting, Pieces is the story of one girl's survival and self-discovery-and her continual search for love in a world where she has been given none.
E-bog
88,83 DKK
Forlag
She Writes Press
Udgivet
05.05.2015
Genrer
FA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781631529672
When her mother, Anna, abandons her to move abroad with her new husband, Sasha is passed around her three grandparents in Cold War-era Moscow, attending first grade with a Lenin star pinned to her breast. Five years later, Anna and her husband reappear and whisk Sasha off to a "e;better life"e; in Athens, Greece. But they are not the gallant rescuers they first appear to be, and Sasha soon finds herself caught between a violent stepfather and a psychologically abusive mother. In her struggle to survive in her new world, Sasha turns to a world of invisible friends-even as she continues to long for something real. At turns haunting and uplifting, Pieces is the story of one girl's survival and self-discovery-and her continual search for love in a world where she has been given none.